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[fourteen]

[ Since her "return," Xion has been staying in temporary New Feather accommodations as she gets her bearings. She's had a lot on her mind... a lot of thoughts and fears. She goes to sleep the night of the 19th thinking everything will be the same tomorrow... and the next day, and the day after that. Whatever she was before... this is her life now.

Of course, that's not the case when she wakes up. Which she does with a yelp when she discovers her clothing is too small and pulls in all the wrong places. And her hair is longer, and-- and-- ]

Oh, no. Oh, my gosh--

[ That's all her journal, conveniently open as ever, catches before she slams it shut and races off toward home. Toward Luke.

Once she's met up with him and apologized until she was blue in the face and possibly cried a little, she takes off to Seventh Heaven. There is a certain chef she needs to see and hug and hug and hug until they both feel better.

Finally, once all that is done, she takes to the journals once more. ]

... I can't believe what just happened to me. I know I'm not the first one, but... it was so strange. Being young all over again... not having any memories of this place. They're such precious memories to me... and I think I realized something. I know how a lot of people here feel about Luceti, and the Malnosso, and the war...

But I'm grateful for this place. [ Gently. ] It's given me everything I could never have.... everything important and wonderful to me is here. Well... almost everything. [ Oh, Axel. ] But... I never want to leave. I never, ever want to go home. Not when everything important is here...

I'm glad. I'm glad I'm still here. I'm -- I'm sorry if that makes anyone angry to hear. I know it probably sounds really strange... [ She smiles, warm and sad at once. ] But this is my world now.

[ She ends the broadcast there... or seems to. In fact, she's got a number of messages to get out. ]

( Suki | 100% )

Hey, Suki... I don't think you remember me, but my name is Xion. I need to talk to you... about the Kyoshi warriors.

( Luke Skywalker | 100% )

... hi, Luke. I remember everything now. Thank you for being so kind to me. I could... probably clear some things up now, if you still wanted to know.

( Wreck-It Ralph | 100% )

I'd -- really like to talk to you. I think... I have something really important that I should tell you.

Comments

[Video]

[risingshepard]

I wouldn't say it's a reason to be upset or anything. If you have a place where you belong, where you feel comfortable, that's all that really matters.

[Video]

[fourteen]

Really? [ A little surprised... and then she smiles. ] Thanks. I'm glad someone understands... it's just, so many people hate this world. And I don't really blame them, but... for all the bad things, there's nowhere else I'd rather be.

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[fabrecation]

[It should be noted that when Luke gets depressed, he gets very lethargic. He hadn't wanted to do anything, whether it be play the piano or write anything except what's going on in his life. In fact, all he really wanted to do was just sleep most of the time, and stay away from their apartment. He'd miss her and want her back way too much if he stayed there too much.

He's back now, thankfully. Though he might not hear Xion coming in, seeing how he's crashed on the couch, laying on his back with an arm over his eyes and between sleeping and staying awake. His journal - not the one he uses for communication, but his personal one that he writes in every day - is open and facing down on his chest. Looks like he was writing in it before just quitting for now, already tired from waking up. Might as well get in a bit more sleep before going out to do whatever. Probably not much of anything again.]

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[fourteen]

[ She bursts in through the door rather ungracefully, and freezes on the spot to see him sprawled on the couch like that. The ache in her heart the second she sees him nearly makes her burst into tears, but she stays silent and straightens up instead, very quietly shutting the door behind her.

Instead of going immediately to wake him, she pads quietly past him and to her own room. The door is shut... and when she opens it, she finds it clean - organized from the mess it had been when she'd last left it nearly two months ago, when the Malnosso had come to take her. The sight makes her heart contract again, but she wants to change. She wants to at least be comfortable physically for what's about to occur. She leaves her journal in there, too - she doesn't want any interruptions.

Once she's back in clothes that fit, she returns to the living room, making her way around the couch. Slowly, carefully, she kneels on the floor beside him and gently picks the journal up off his chest, shutting it without looking - she's not sure she could stand reading what he had to say even if she was the type of person to snoop - and setting it on the table to her other side. Then she reaches out, brushing shaking fingers over the arm he's got laid over his eyes. ]

Luke...

[ She swallows. She knows that alone might not be enough to wake him, so her fingers travel down his arm to his hand, which she takes in her own and pulls toward her, so his face will be exposed to the light. ]

Luke, it's me. I'm back. I'm back... for real, this time.

[voice] wow I'm actually tagging

[dissonates]

[Wait- wait, what? That's... what?]

It was temporary?

[voice] i thought i was never tagging you with xion again or smth

[fourteen]

Yeah. Do you, um. Do you remember when Luke came back that one time with long hair...? I think it was a lot like that.

[Voice]

[beforebadends]

What do you mean with "Being young all over again", miss?

[Voice]

[fourteen]

Oh, just that the Malnosso changed me... I'm 17, almost 18, but they did something to make me look like and believe I was 14 again. Pretty strange, huh?

voice;

[ex_tessen852]

[Even though Suki understood why there would people who knew about the Kyoshi Warriors, it was still unsettling.]

Um, hi. [How does one greet someone who already knows you, but you don't know them?] Did you want to talk in person or over these things?

voice, filtered;

[fourteen]

Um, either one is okay with me! In person might be easier. ... Sokka hasn't said anything to you, has he? About the warriors... [ Would he have brought it up? It doesn't seem like it... ]

[Video]

[gonnawreckit]

[There's some familiarity in the voice and appearance, but she's so notably... older. He utters in disbelief.]

...Xion?

[Video; filtered]

[fourteen]

[ She adds the filter just in case; she wants to talk to him in person, but this might be better for now. She smiles for him, apologetic and sweet. ]

Hey. I'm -- really sorry about before. That was me... just... three years younger. This is what I'm really like. It was the Malnosso... they do things like this. [ With some mild consternation before she continues. ] I've been here for a long time, and learned a lot of things, and...

And I've been thinking. About what you told me in the store... about being unable to go against your programming.

video

[heartisabattleground]

[Sora has tuned into Xion television. Today's special: her remembering everything. While he's glad she remembers everything again, he's still a bit happy that he managed to tell the Xion of the past what he wanted to tell her.

But, he listens to what she has to say. While he doesn't agree fully with what she has to say, he knows that she is made or was made of memories from him. So he can understand why she would find this place home. ]

This place really made you, you, huh?

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[fourteen]

... yeah. [ She smiles. ] I've met so many people and done so many different things... I guess you could say I've grown up. It's strange... thinking how I used to be. It's like I was a totally different person.

[Voice]

[distressedude]

I don't see why anyone would be angry to hear something like that. They're your own thoughts and feelings, after all.

[He can't help but mirror back that same, almost-sad smile. It's still strange not to think of Auldrant as his home anymore, but...]

...I've actually felt that way for awhile now as well.

[Voice]

[fourteen]

... really, Ion? [ Gently, but ... she thinks she can understand why, and she smiles. ]

Then this place can be home for both of us. It's nice that way, isn't it?

[voice]

[generalflirt]

Well then, Xion-chan, if you don't mind me saying so, your "home" is a mess.

[voice]

[fourteen]

I know. But that just means I have to work hard and do my best to help clean it up, too.

[voice] /double reply I guess

[godbent]

About time.

[She didn't talk to younger Xion, she's actually... gotten to be really frustrated about talking in those sorts of situations. But she's been waiting]

[voice] /hoards all the zero tags

[fourteen]

... thanks, Haruhi. [ With a crooked smile and a quiet laugh. ] I'll be coming back to the club now, of course. Sorry for making you wait!

[Voice]

[ledbythewind]

Welcome back, Xion. I think it's safe to say that you were missed.

[Voice]

[fourteen]

Oh, Richard! Thanks. I still feel kind of bad about forgetting you! But you were as sweet as always. [ She giggles. ] And yeah... I know. I made everyone worry... or, well, the Malnosso did, anyway.

[Video]

[fierybluebird]

Why would anyone be mad about that?

Not everyone has another world to go back to, eh? It's good that some people can accept this place as their own, I think.

[Video]

[fourteen]

Hehe. I guess I was wrong! I just thought... I'm not really sure. That people might be upset by the idea... I wouldn't have blamed them, either.

But yeah... that's the situation I'm in. So... this is my home, and I like living in it. Of course it could be better, but... I can accept it for what it is, too.

[Video]

[asobouyo]

... It doesn't make me angry to hear. I'm glad you're here, too.

This place is my home just as much as my world is... even with the bad stuff.

[Even if others hate to hear that from her, probably. It's the truth.]

[Video]

[fourteen]

... you too, Elicia? [ She smiles a little, a thoughtful sort of thing that quirks at the edges. ]

I'm glad to hear that. After all, you're the only little sister I'm ever going to have.

[video] to be number 14 and be symbolic and shit

[perplexme]

...promise me we're never going to have to go through that again, okay?

[video] gud

[fourteen]

Promise. [ With a crooked smile. They both know she can't promise anything of the kind, but she sure will at least try. ]

[Video] 100%

[thefinaljedi]

Hello Xion, I was wondering how you were doing.

[Luke bows his head at the camera, a smile forming on his features. Judging by the video...she's a little bit older than before.]

It's good that you remember. I guess you're back to being you, yes?

[Video] 100%

[fourteen]

Yeah, I am. Back to my normal age! [ She laughs. ] I was so shy back then... and uncertain about everything. That's why I was so quiet. [ A beat. ] .... it was very kind of you not to press or ask a lot of questions. I know you must have been curious, but... back then, I wasn't ready.